Number 4

In Classic Lotto under the 6/49 · since Jan 2010 rules — 2,628 draws, 6 from 1–49.

323times drawn · chance expected 322 +0.07σ

1draws waiting · a wait this long: >99% for any number

8.1average wait between appearances · chance says 8.2

36longest completed wait · 96% chance of one at least that long

4 is drawn as often as chance explains

Drawn 323 times in 2,628 draws against 321.8 expected, +0.07σ. Each draw is independent: after 1 draws away it is exactly as likely tonight as a number drawn yesterday.

Number 4, draw by draw

Drawn 323 times in 2,628 draws · average wait 8.1 draws · longest completed wait 36 · waiting 1 draws now

a completed wait — darker is longer the wait still running — a lower bound, not a finished gap

Where it lands in a sorted draw

Sort a draw and 4 has a favourite seat — chance gives a small number the low positions more often. That is the shape of sorting, not of the machine.

1st smallest237 · chance 230.5
2nd smallest80 · chance 84.3
3rd smallest6 · chance 8.0
4th smallest0 · chance 0.2
5th smallest0 · chance 0.0
6th smallest0 · chance 0.0

Every position’s lane →

The company it keeps

Seen most often with these — chance gives every partner about 33.6 shared draws, and the leaders are simply the ones that came out ahead this time.

25 16 12 21 47 1

It has shared a draw with every one of the other 48 numbers; chance expected about 0.0 still unmet by now. Every pair →

How many people play it

Under the crowd model, 4 is picked about 1.34× as often as an indifferent choice — 6th most popular of 49. That changes nothing about whether it comes up, and everything about how many ways a jackpot on it would be shared.

Numbers 1–31 — the birthday zone ×1.22
Numbers 1–12 — day and month overlap ×1.10

The model and its sources → · What people believe about 4 →

Every draw it appeared in

Date	Wait	Position	The draw
2026-10-12	7	2nd	3 4 6 11 37 48
2026-09-26	24	1st	4 10 14 16 21 36
2026-08-01	5	2nd	1 4 5 36 38 43
2026-07-20

What this cannot tell you

Nothing here predicts the next draw. A number’s history is a record of a fair machine’s past, and the machine keeps none of it: 4 is drawn with probability 6/49 tonight whatever it did last week.

2025-05-21	15	1st	4 12 29 30 32 37
2025-04-16	5	1st	4 9 11 24 29 41
2025-04-05	10	1st	4 9 23 26 27 37
2025-03-12	4	1st	4 11 15 28 32 44
2025-03-03	1	1st	4 11 19 21 44 48
2025-03-01	10	1st	4 11 16 18 22 42
2025-02-05	2	1st	4 7 10 29 36 48
2025-02-01	3	1st	4 15 22 28 36 44
2025-01-25	22	1st	4 5 12 18 27 45
2024-12-04	9	2nd	2 4 12 16 42 46
2024-11-13	7	1st	4 14 17 21 27 46
2024-10-28	24	2nd	3 4 6 20 23 37
2024-09-02	19	1st	4 8 14 19 45 47
2024-07-20	19	1st	4 9 10 35 42 47
2024-06-05	2	1st	4 17 20 27 41 43
2024-06-01	22	1st	4 7 24 27 28 35
2024-04-10	5	1st	4 15 19 35 38 43
2024-03-30	9	1st	4 5 12 13 14 22
2024-03-09	1	1st	4 28 36 42 43 44
2024-03-06	6	1st	4 22 28 31 42 44
2024-02-21	1	1st	4 11 20 32 40 46
2024-02-19	8	1st	4 6 19 20 28 41
2024-01-31	23	1st	4 7 12 34 41 43
2023-12-09	6	2nd	1 4 8 14 45 46
2023-11-25	17	2nd	1 4 14 26 28 46
2023-10-16	2	1st	4 23 30 34 36 42
2023-10-11	5	1st	4 28 32 40 46 47
2023-09-30	32	2nd	3 4 25 36 42 43
2023-07-17	6	1st	4 12 28 29 45 47
2023-07-03	14	2nd	3 4 14 15 18 21
2023-05-31	3	1st	4 20 35 44 46 47
2023-05-24	1	1st	4 11 18 26 35 49
2023-05-22	6	2nd	2 4 6 10 36 43
2023-05-08	3	1st	4 27 40 43 45 46
2023-05-01	11	1st	4 7 16 17 24 34
2023-04-05	3	1st	4 6 8 14 32 41
2023-03-29	5	1st	4 6 18 24 40 46
2023-03-18	14	2nd	1 4 6 7 9 16
2023-02-13	22	1st	4 15 18 32 33 47
2022-12-24	1	1st	4 9 14 28 37 40
2022-12-21	2	2nd	1 4 14 45 46 49
2022-12-17	1	1st	4 37 40 41 43 46
2022-12-14	1	2nd	1 4 11 13 17 47
2022-12-12	31	3rd	1 3 4 16 17 47
2022-10-01	19	2nd	2 4 10 14 17 47
2022-08-17	3	1st	4 9 32 37 44 49
2022-08-10	1	1st	4 13 25 26 37 44
2022-08-08	8	1st	4 6 8 30 32 44
2022-07-20	1	1st	4 13 16 17 25 44
2022-07-18	1	1st	4 9 13 23 41 43
2022-07-16	7	1st	4 21 23 25 40 49
2022-06-29	6	1st	4 11 15 35 46 47
2022-06-15	25	1st	4 5 8 19 30 43
2022-04-18	16	2nd	1 4 13 20 36 49
2022-03-12	16	1st	4 7 11 24 27 30
2022-02-02	7	1st	4 12 15 20 23 43
2022-01-17	20	1st	4 17 20 26 45 48
2021-12-01	32	2nd	3 4 11 13 21 31
2021-09-18	9	2nd	1 4 17 27 28 41
2021-08-28	17	1st	4 7 21 35 41 49
2021-07-19	3	1st	4 13 17 41 44 47
2021-07-12	12	1st	4 17 22 37 42 43
2021-06-14	15	1st	4 7 15 25 34 45
2021-05-10	9	1st	4 9 15 21 26 46
2021-04-19	1	1st	4 19 27 39 47 49
2021-04-17	7	1st	4 5 7 9 15 42
2021-03-31	10	1st	4 16 19 20 46 48
2021-03-08	3	1st	4 5 9 31 33 39
2021-03-01	1	2nd	1 4 14 25 34 38
2021-02-27	2	1st	4 10 12 19 24 31
2021-02-22	17	2nd	1 4 17 28 31 32
2021-01-13	7	2nd	2 4 12 29 30 44
2020-12-28	8	2nd	3 4 5 6 10 43
2020-12-09	8	1st	4 29 31 41 47 49
2020-11-21	13	1st	4 25 30 34 43 49
2020-10-21	6	1st	4 7 11 14 19 42
2020-10-07	8	1st	4 16 18 32 44 48
2020-09-19	8	1st	4 9 10 29 37 40
2020-08-31	23	1st	4 13 20 27 38 40
2020-07-08	13	1st	4 6 36 38 44 47
2020-06-08	1	1st	4 11 22 24 29 47
2020-06-06	1	2nd	1 4 9 12 18 39
2020-06-03	2	2nd	3 4 23 24 34 37
2020-05-30	4	1st	4 10 12 14 15 18
2020-05-20	7	1st	4 12 16 18 19 45
2020-05-04	8	2nd	3 4 16 28 30 33
2020-04-15	2	1st	4 5 10 21 27 43
2020-04-11	34	1st	4 19 24 31 39 47
2020-01-22	13	1st	4 5 16 17 39 44
2019-12-23	18	1st	4 13 21 22 23 38
2019-11-11	16	1st	4 15 20 32 44 49
2019-10-05	10	1st	4 11 15 30 44 48
2019-09-11	4	2nd	1 4 21 30 32 44
2019-09-02	7	1st	4 5 29 32 41 46
2019-08-17	17	1st	4 19 28 33 37 45
2019-07-08	3	1st	4 14 15 16 32 35
2019-07-01	2	1st	4 6 29 31 34 35
2019-06-26	15	2nd	3 4 23 25 26 39
2019-05-22	11	1st	4 10 16 22 25 49
2019-04-27	1	1st	4 6 14 30 32 42
2019-04-24	2	1st	4 23 27 29 35 36
2019-04-20	8	1st	4 8 20 21 25 30
2019-04-01	4	2nd	3 4 6 15 25 33
2019-03-23	4	1st	4 14 18 33 41 49
2019-03-13	10	1st	4 11 15 35 36 40
2019-02-18	10	1st	4 6 16 19 27 36
2019-01-26	14	1st	4 27 30 32 36 48
2018-12-24	18	1st	4 5 6 20 35 49
2018-11-12	2	1st	4 12 14 31 32 48
2018-11-07	21	2nd	2 4 30 37 39 41
2018-09-19	24	1st	4 12 25 27 29 38
2018-07-25	14	1st	4 19 20 30 45 49
2018-06-23	6	1st	4 18 20 21 31 43
2018-06-09	23	1st	4 14 19 21 24 43
2018-04-16	12	1st	4 12 14 25 39 47
2018-03-19	4	1st	4 13 17 23 27 34
2018-03-10	2	1st	4 5 8 9 16 39
2018-03-05	6	1st	4 16 22 24 30 38
2018-02-19	4	1st	4 9 10 16 24 33
2018-02-10	14	1st	4 23 31 37 38 49
2018-01-08	1	1st	4 10 16 28 39 48
2018-01-06	16	1st	4 8 32 33 37 48
2017-11-29	2	2nd	1 4 7 22 36 39
2017-11-25	1	1st	4 14 17 31 47 49
2017-11-22	3	2nd	3 4 42 43 48 49
2017-11-15	3	1st	4 20 21 31 40 48
2017-11-08	14	2nd	2 4 9 20 31 47
2017-10-07	6	1st	4 10 12 40 45 48
2017-09-23	3	2nd	1 4 26 41 42 44
2017-09-16	1	1st	4 12 20 23 43 48
2017-09-13	35	1st	4 11 12 22 39 47
2017-06-24	1	1st	4 17 19 23 24 30
2017-06-21	2	2nd	1 4 8 13 17 48
2017-06-17	11	1st	4 5 6 10 32 39
2017-05-22	4	1st	4 6 11 23 25 33
2017-05-13	6	1st	4 9 12 19 22 30
2017-04-29	4	2nd	3 4 11 27 33 44
2017-04-19	3	1st	4 9 12 26 30 37
2017-04-12	12	1st	4 17 19 25 29 39
2017-03-15	10	2nd	3 4 7 20 21 25
2017-02-20	3	1st	4 7 10 21 24 28
2017-02-13	14	1st	4 33 35 38 41 44
2017-01-11	3	3rd	1 3 4 16 25 28
2017-01-04	14	1st	4 7 16 17 29 49
2016-12-03	8	1st	4 10 12 15 21 31
2016-11-14	7	2nd	2 4 12 34 38 45
2016-10-29	3	1st	4 13 14 27 28 35
2016-10-22	2	1st	4 8 31 32 35 42
2016-10-17	1	2nd	3 4 18 20 22 33
2016-10-15	8	1st	4 8 14 27 41 44
2016-09-26	2	2nd	3 4 10 15 46 49
2016-09-21	9	1st	4 12 17 26 37 44
2016-08-31	10	2nd	1 4 16 25 36 45
2016-08-08	7	1st	4 5 23 30 31 42
2016-07-23	7	2nd	3 4 25 26 34 49
2016-07-06	4	2nd	3 4 16 18 23 27
2016-06-27	1	1st	4 6 15 18 44 45
2016-06-25	17	1st	4 12 16 23 31 37
2016-05-16	9	1st	4 8 20 34 35 36
2016-04-25	1	2nd	1 4 7 23 39 41
2016-04-23	2	1st	4 6 28 39 43 47
2016-04-18	3	1st	4 17 22 24 26 33
2016-04-11	10	1st	4 15 16 35 44 45
2016-03-19	1	1st	4 21 22 31 34 42
2016-03-16	7	1st	4 15 22 26 30 41
2016-02-29	7	1st	4 7 14 17 39 41
2016-02-13	10	2nd	3 4 28 34 40 48
2016-01-20	2	1st	4 7 8 30 33 49
2016-01-16	3	1st	4 8 19 40 45 49
2016-01-09	9	1st	4 18 20 24 30 47
2015-12-19	3	2nd	2 4 6 18 34 49
2015-12-12	3	1st	4 6 19 23 36 37
2015-12-05	7	2nd	1 4 13 25 31 47
2015-11-18	8	2nd	2 4 11 29 36 42
2015-10-31	7	1st	4 30 37 43 45 47
2015-10-14	4	1st	4 24 29 35 46 48
2015-10-05	8	1st	4 9 19 27 41 47
2015-09-16	8	1st	4 13 16 27 36 47
2015-08-29	6	1st	4 7 11 14 37 48
2015-08-15	5	1st	4 5 8 11 37 40
2015-08-03	15	2nd	2 4 15 20 29 37
2015-06-29	14	2nd	2 4 16 29 32 49
2015-05-27	7	3rd	1 3 4 12 25 41
2015-05-11	4	1st	4 11 13 24 42 45
2015-05-02	2	1st	4 23 28 38 42 45
2015-04-27	4	1st	4 11 12 42 43 46
2015-04-18	6	1st	4 13 24 28 36 49
2015-04-04	3	1st	4 26 40 41 42 46
2015-03-28	1	1st	4 18 19 21 25 29
2015-03-25	16	1st	4 9 14 31 34 49
2015-02-16	7	1st	4 10 12 31 35 37
2015-01-31	1	1st	4 10 25 42 43 45
2015-01-28	5	1st	4 5 19 34 36 44
2015-01-17	5	1st	4 7 12 18 21 34
2015-01-05	2	2nd	3 4 5 15 31 46
2014-12-31	19	1st	4 5 23 37 40 49
2014-11-17	10	1st	4 7 9 26 34 35
2014-10-25	6	1st	4 5 6 18 26 27
2014-10-11	6	1st	4 20 29 32 39 47
2014-09-27	2	2nd	1 4 7 25 44 48
2014-09-22	3	1st	4 19 20 24 37 43
2014-09-15	5	1st	4 24 26 30 31 38
2014-09-03	6	1st	4 13 20 31 34 39
2014-08-20	11	2nd	1 4 13 19 34 39
2014-07-26	1	1st	4 11 24 25 28 37
2014-07-23	2	1st	4 10 12 21 44 46
2014-07-19	16	2nd	2 4 14 23 45 48
2014-06-11	10	1st	4 7 28 44 46 49
2014-05-19	3	2nd	2 4 6 16 39 46
2014-05-12	6	2nd	1 4 20 36 38 49
2014-04-28	6	1st	4 13 21 30 37 42
2014-04-14	13	3rd	2 3 4 37 40 42
2014-03-15	4	1st	4 12 13 21 30 34
2014-03-05	11	3rd	2 3 4 18 23 48
2014-02-08	15	1st	4 7 20 22 28 29
2014-01-04	15	1st	4 5 18 23 26 37
2013-11-30	3	1st	4 7 10 29 33 34
2013-11-23	4	2nd	2 4 11 23 25 39
2013-11-13	4	1st	4 5 9 12 32 37
2013-11-04	1	1st	4 5 28 32 42 47
2013-11-02	3	2nd	1 4 12 25 30 44
2013-10-26	1	1st	4 10 12 29 32 40
2013-10-23	4	1st	4 14 19 40 41 42
2013-10-14	3	1st	4 5 9 17 18 31
2013-10-07	11	1st	4 11 14 16 19 47
2013-09-11	9	1st	4 8 12 16 21 23
2013-08-21	19	1st	4 13 26 36 46 48
2013-07-08	4	1st	4 31 37 40 42 48
2013-06-29	3	1st	4 16 17 27 32 42
2013-06-22	4	1st	4 23 30 32 35 40
2013-06-12	24	1st	4 14 27 31 37 38
2013-04-17	3	1st	4 5 28 34 35 49
2013-04-10	9	1st	4 21 26 28 34 47
2013-03-20	3	1st	4 8 26 35 39 40
2013-03-13	5	1st	4 6 11 23 35 40
2013-03-02	8	2nd	1 4 27 32 37 48
2013-02-11	3	1st	4 14 16 17 44 48
2013-02-04	3	1st	4 7 9 11 13 16
2013-01-28	3	1st	4 6 12 25 39 41
2013-01-21	8	2nd	1 4 12 16 31 46
2013-01-02	3	2nd	1 4 18 28 35 47
2012-12-26	7	2nd	3 4 15 26 30 36
2012-12-10	2	1st	4 7 23 25 32 40
2012-12-05	7	2nd	2 4 18 21 28 38
2012-11-19	16	1st	4 9 11 38 41 49
2012-10-13	4	1st	4 12 14 20 33 40
2012-10-03	3	2nd	2 4 13 17 18 38
2012-09-26	10	1st	4 7 15 17 38 49
2012-09-03	3	1st	4 17 19 21 33 40
2012-08-27	8	2nd	2 4 9 21 24 29
2012-08-08	2	1st	4 17 20 25 30 39
2012-08-04	3	2nd	1 4 27 39 40 42
2012-07-28	5	1st	4 21 35 41 43 44
2012-07-16	13	2nd	1 4 10 15 19 44
2012-06-16	14	1st	4 8 17 36 46 48
2012-05-14	3	1st	4 5 14 20 24 47
2012-05-07	2	1st	4 5 11 14 22 26
2012-05-02	4	1st	4 11 15 18 43 48
2012-04-23	2	1st	4 21 33 37 43 49
2012-04-18	20	1st	4 5 16 20 24 45
2012-03-03	2	2nd	1 4 31 45 46 48
2012-02-27	6	2nd	2 4 9 25 27 33
2012-02-13	14	1st	4 19 25 34 39 41
2012-01-11	1	2nd	3 4 11 28 31 38
2012-01-09	9	1st	4 7 9 28 34 40
2011-12-19	1	1st	4 8 16 21 28 38
2011-12-17	5	2nd	1 4 14 24 32 43
2011-12-05	7	2nd	1 4 7 8 23 39
2011-11-19	22	1st	4 22 23 34 36 40
2011-09-28	4	2nd	3 4 5 9 11 13
2011-09-19	12	1st	4 6 16 24 36 46
2011-08-22	15	1st	4 10 13 24 27 43
2011-07-18	10	2nd	1 4 12 15 19 40
2011-06-25	2	1st	4 5 15 18 26 46
2011-06-20	3	1st	4 15 17 21 35 49
2011-06-13	9	1st	4 5 16 17 25 29
2011-05-23	8	1st	4 9 10 26 38 46
2011-05-04	1	2nd	2 4 5 40 41 44
2011-05-02	10	1st	4 9 17 19 22 30
2011-04-09	1	1st	4 8 17 18 30 35
2011-04-06	7	2nd	3 4 10 18 22 40
2011-03-21	4	2nd	2 4 10 14 20 40
2011-03-12	22	1st	4 9 26 43 44 48
2011-01-19	1	2nd	1 4 15 24 25 33
2011-01-17	6	1st	4 6 15 35 43 47
2011-01-03	4	1st	4 11 15 25 29 48
2010-12-25	36	1st	4 6 10 28 36 42
2010-10-02	5	1st	4 21 22 29 35 47
2010-09-20	23	1st	4 17 18 19 24 33
2010-07-28	2	1st	4 25 40 41 46 47
2010-07-24	2	3rd	1 3 4 5 26 47
2010-07-19	18	1st	4 18 21 25 33 38
2010-06-07	2	1st	4 8 17 19 26 40
2010-06-02	23	2nd	2 4 8 28 34 42
2010-04-10	3	2nd	1 4 8 15 20 23
2010-04-03	8	1st	4 5 8 13 24 48
2010-03-15	8	1st	4 16 21 26 37 47
2010-02-24	1	2nd	2 4 25 31 34 44
2010-02-22	—	1st	4 9 10 30 42 43